Covidence 101: Supporting Systematic and Scoping Reviews

A webinar and live demo of Covidence for faculty, research staff, and PhD students — covering importing references, title and abstract screening, full-text review, data extraction, export, and PRISMA reporting.
2026
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Organiser

SMU Researcher Club

Event Date

May 28, 2026

At a glance

Date Thursday, 28 May 2026
Time 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Venue Online via Zoom
Format Webinar + live demo

About this session

Are you working on a systematic review, scoping review, survey-based review, or structured literature review? SMU Libraries organised this Covidence 101 webinar for faculty, research staff, and PhD students who wanted to learn how Covidence can support the review workflow.

The session provided an overview and live demo of key features, including:

  • Importing references
  • Title and abstract screening
  • Full-text review
  • Data extraction
  • Export and PRISMA reporting

The session was suitable for new users as well as those who had used Covidence before and wanted a refresher. Participants were given trial access to Covidence from the webinar until the start of SMU’s official subscription period.

Trainer

  • Dr Julie Brown — Consultant Systematic Reviewer, Covidence. With 20+ years of experience in evidence synthesis and over 180 publications across healthcare and clinical practice guidelines.